Makaye Surname
Approximately 3,440 people bear this surname
Makaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 948 | 1:24,337 | 1,739 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| South Africa | 475 | 1:114,058 | 13,683 |
| Zimbabwe | 455 | 1:33,930 | 5,223 |
| Zambia | 401 | 1:39,526 | 3,921 |
| Tanzania | 393 | 1:134,711 | 12,531 |
| Uganda | 105 | 1:371,803 | 23,930 |
| Kenya | 101 | 1:457,227 | 24,042 |
| Niger | 35 | 1:548,343 | 14,024 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
The alternate forms: Makayé (1) are calculated separately.
Makaye (742) may also be a first name.
Makaye Demographics
Average Makaye Salary in
United States
$71,729 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Makaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﺎﻱ, Marathi: माकये, Russian: Макайе) is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Makayé. For other possible spellings of Makaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Makaye is the 131,419th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,118,473 people. The last name Makaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Makaye reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 39 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 301,975th most common first name world-wide It is held by 742 people.
The last name is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 948 people, or 1 in 24,337. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Montagnes District, where 78 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 10 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 8 percent live. Besides The Ivory Coast it occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 14 percent live and South Africa, where 14 percent live.
Makaye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Makaye earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 64.45% less than the national average, earning R 84,480 per year and in United States they earn 66.24% more than the national average, earning $71,729 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Makaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Makaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﺎﻱ | mkay | - |
| Makaye in the Marathi language | ||
| माकये | makaye | 60 |
| मकये | makaye | 33.33 |
| माकयेाबाई | makayeaba'i | 6.67 |
| Makaye in the Russian language | ||
| Макайе | makaje | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Makaye
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